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A survey of cluster analysis and its admissible procedures.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1975
Did female prisoners with mental disorders receive psychiatric treatment before imprisonment?
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unless otherwise stated.BackgroundThroughout the world, high prevalence rates of mental disorders have been found in prison populations, especially in females. It has been suggested that these populations do not access psychiatric treatment. The aim of this study was to establish rates of psychiatric in- and outpatient treatments prior to imprisonment in female prisoners and to explore reasons for discontinuation of such treatments.Methods150 consecutively admitted female prisoners were interviewed in Berlin, Germany. Socio-demographic characteristics, mental disorders, and previous psychiatric in- and outpatient treatments were assessed by trained researchers. Open questions were used to explore reasons for ending previous psychiatric treatment.ResultsA vast majority of 99 prisoners (66%; 95% CI: 58Âż73) of the total sample reported that they had previously been in psychiatric treatment, 80 (53%; 95 CI: 45Âż61) in inpatient treatment, 62 (41%; 95 CI: 34Âż49) in outpatient treatment and 42 (29%; 21Âż39) in both in- and outpatient treatments. All prisoners with psychosis and 72% of the ones with any lifetime mental health disorder had been in previous treatment. The number of inpatient treatments and imprisonments were positively correlated (rhoÂż=Âż0.27; pÂż<Âż0.01). Inpatient treatment was described as successfully completed by 56% (NÂż=Âż41) of those having given reasons for ending such treatment, whilst various reasons were reported for prematurely ending outpatient treatments.ConclusionThe data do not support the notion of a general `mental health treatment gapÂż in female prisoners. Although inpatient care is often successfully completed, repeated inpatient treatments are not linked with fewer imprisonments. Improved transition from inpatient to outpatient treatment and services that engage female prisoners to sustained outpatient treatments are needed
The visible effect of a very heavy magnetic monopole at colliders
If a heavy Dirac monopole exists, the light-to-light scattering below the
monopole production threshold is enhanced due to strong coupling of monopoles
to photons. At the next Linear Collider with electron beam energy 250 GeV this
photon pair production could be observable at monopole masses less than 2.5-6.4
TeV in the mode or 3.7-10 TeV in the mode, depending on
the monopole spin. At the upgraded Tevatron such an effect is expected to be
visible at monopole masses below 1-2.5 TeV. The strong dependence on the
initial photon polarizations allows to find the monopole spin in experiments at
and colliders. We consider the production and
the production at and or colliders via the
same monopole loop. The possibility to discover these processes is
significantly lower than that of the case.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, RevTe
Environment-wide association study to comprehensively test and validate associations between nutrition and lifestyle factors and testosterone deficiency: NHANES 1988-1994 and 1999-2004
PURPOSE
Testosterone (T) plays an important role in men's health and its deficiency is linked with poorer health. However, the role of nutritional and lifestyle factors in T regulation and production remains unclear. The objectives are to comprehensively test the cross-sectional associations of nutritional and lifestyle factors with T deficiency and to validate the associations in the NHANES survey.
METHODS
We performed weighted multivariable logistic regression analysis to examine the association of 173 nutritional and lifestyle factors with T deficiency (total testosterone â€â3.5 ng/mL) in NHANES III as the discovery set (mean age 41). We controlled for multiple comparisons with a false discovery rate (FDR)â<â5% and replicated in NHANES 1999-2004 (mean age 44).
RESULTS
We identified seven nutritional factors as being inversely associated with T deficiency in NHANES 1999-2004, namely dietary intake of vitamin A, protein, saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, total fats, saturated fatty acid 16:0, and phosphorus. In a multivariable model, only vitamin A intake remained significantly associated with T deficiency (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.94-0.99). Principal component analysis suggested that the two principal components, (1) dietary fats, protein, and phosphorous and (2) total vitamin A, may be associated with T deficiency.
CONCLUSION
Our systematic evaluation provided new insight into the modifiable factors that could play a role in the regulation of T production. This study has the potential to contribute to the current body of literature which seeks to formulate a clinical definition of T deficiency after taking into account nutritional and lifestyle factors
Radiative production of invisible charginos in photon photon collision
If in a supersymmetric model, the lightest chargino is nearly degenerate with
the lightest neutralino, the former can decay into the latter alongwith a soft
pion (or a lepton-neutrino pair). Near degeneracy of the chargino and
neutralino masses can cause the other decay products (the pion or the lepton)
to be almost invisible. Photon-photon colliders offer a possibility of clean
detection of such an event through a hard photon tag.Comment: 12 pages, 5 postscript figure
Interacting mindreaders
Could interacting mindreaders be in a position to know things which they would be unable to know if they were manifestly passive observers? This paper argues that they could. Mindreading is sometimes reciprocal: the mindreader's target reciprocates by taking the mindreader as a target for mindreading. The paper explains how such reciprocity can significantly narrow the range of possible interpretations of behaviour where mindreaders are, or appear to be, in a position to interact. A consequence is that revisions and extensions are needed to standard theories of the evidential basis of mindreading. The view also has consequences for understanding how abilities to interact combined with comparatively simple forms of mindreading may explain the emergence, in evolution or development, of sophisticated forms of social cognition
Detecting and Studying Higgs Bosons at a Photon-Photon Collider
We examine the potential for detecting and studying Higgs bosons at a
photon-photon collider facility associated with a future linear collider. Our
study incorporates realistic \gam\gam luminosity spectra based on the most
probable available laser technology. Results include detector simulations. We
study the cases of: a) a SM-like Higgs boson; b) the heavy MSSM Higgs bosons;
c) a Higgs boson with no couplings from a general two Higgs doublet
model.Comment: 52 pages, 26 figures, revised version with new appendi
Figures et dynamiques de la professionnalisation des communicateurs
Cette recherche menĂ©e dans lâespace francophone commun Ă la Belgique, Ă la France et au Canada analyse les dynamiques de professionnalisation et identifie les discours et actions performatives qui participent Ă construire une « figure » du communicateur professionnel. Lâanalyse inductive dâentrevues auprĂšs de dix-sept reprĂ©sentants actuels et passĂ©s de neuf associations professionnelles circonscrit trois formes que prend la figure du professionnel en communication : les valeurs (Ă©thos), les actions (praxis) et les objets (artĂ©facts). La mise en relation des Ă©lĂ©ments qui composent ces formes permet dâidentifier trois tensions : 1) lâaspiration Ă une professionnalisation dĂ©ontique et stratĂ©gique pas toujours rĂ©alisĂ©e; 2) lâidĂ©al vĂ©hiculĂ© par les associations et une constante polarisation vers la tĂąche des professionnels; 3) un apparent dĂ©balancement entre les artĂ©facts normatifs et leur rĂ©elle performativitĂ© dans la praxis et dans lâĂ©thos. Enfin, mĂȘme si elle nâoffre pas dâexplication Ă ces tensions, cette recherche propose un outil mĂ©thodologique qui pourrait servir dâoutil dâaide Ă la mise en place dâune politique professionnelle associative
Figures et dynamiques de la professionnalisation des communicateurs
Cette recherche menĂ©e dans lâespace francophone commun Ă la Belgique, Ă la France et au Canada analyse les dynamiques de professionnalisation et identifie les discours et actions performatives qui participent Ă construire une « figure » du communicateur professionnel. Lâanalyse inductive dâentrevues auprĂšs de dix-sept reprĂ©sentants actuels et passĂ©s de neuf associations professionnelles circonscrit trois formes que prend la figure du professionnel en communication : les valeurs (Ă©thos), les actions (praxis) et les objets (artĂ©facts). La mise en relation des Ă©lĂ©ments qui composent ces formes permet dâidentifier trois tensions : 1) lâaspiration Ă une professionnalisation dĂ©ontique et stratĂ©gique pas toujours rĂ©alisĂ©e; 2) lâidĂ©al vĂ©hiculĂ© par les associations et une constante polarisation vers la tĂąche des professionnels; 3) un apparent dĂ©balancement entre les artĂ©facts normatifs et leur rĂ©elle performativitĂ© dans la praxis et dans lâĂ©thos. Enfin, mĂȘme si elle nâoffre pas dâexplication Ă ces tensions, cette recherche propose un outil mĂ©thodologique qui pourrait servir dâoutil dâaide Ă la mise en place dâune politique professionnelle associative
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